Dual Investment Technique for Solid Mold Casting of Reticulated Metal Foams

• Main Authors: Bullied Steven J, Bartholomew Mark F, Noraas Ryan B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.02.2018
• Subjects: CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; FOUNDRY MOULDING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; TRANSPORTING

A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster.